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Jun 19, 2011

Ayman al Zawahiri and Osama bin Laden


JAKARTA - The meeting Ayman al-Zawahiri and al-Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden begins in Peshawar, Pakistan in 1980. At that Zawahiri is a physician who worked at the Red Crescent.

Peshawar is a city that was home to Afghan refugees. At that time, the Soviet Union into Afghanistan to carry out the occupation. During that time many Afghans fled the country.

Zawahiri has previously become activists of the hardline Islamic organization when she was 15 years old. He organized a movement that aims to overthrow the regime of Gamal Abdul Nasser. Similarly, as the CFR, on Monday (6/20/2011).

In 1998, Zawahiri along with Osama bin Laden issued a fatwa "World Islamic Front Against Jews and Crusaders." Osama and Zawahiri also organized a congress of Al Qaeda on June 24, 1998.

Embassy of the United States (U.S.) was bombarded in 1998, many of those killed in the blast. Zawahiri and bin Laden was accused of being behind these attacks.

U.S. Intelligence Agency (CIA) believes Zawahiri, Al Qaeda's position is very important. Zawahiri was put on the FBI's terrorist list in 2001.

In the year 2009, reported that Zawahiri was the Commander of the Operational Strategy and Al Qaeda, and after the death of Osama in an attack in Abbottabad, Zawahiri eventually served as the new boss of Al Qaeda, replacing its predecessor.